The picketers marching in a circle in front of a downtown Washington office building chanting about low wages do not seem fully focused on their message.
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Although their placards identify the picketers as being with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters, they are not union members.

They’re hired feet, or, as the union calls them, temporary workers, paid $8 an hour to picket. Many were recruited from homeless shelters or transitional houses. Several have recently been released from prison. Others are between jobs.

“It’s about the cash,” said Tina Shaw, 44, who lives in a House of Ruth women’s shelter and has walked the line at various sites. “We’re against low wages, but I’m here for the cash.”

best part is when a) they protest buildings that were built without union labor, but protest 2-3 years after construction finishes, and b) that they only will pay the protesters for a few hours a day so as to avoid having to provide benefits.

why cant we just outsource the picketers. you know, charge some random union/company/rich jilted person 2 g’s, and have a list of hungry college students/picketers on hand.

they call us, we send them the homeless dudes. whos in with me?

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